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Tennessee handles Georgia’s challenge

Georgia women's coach Andy Landers yells at an official during a 94-85 loss at Tennessee. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Georgia women's coach Andy Landers yells at an official during a 94-85 loss at Tennessee. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Candace Parker scored a career-high 26 points and had 10 rebounds Thursday night and No. 1 Tennessee remained undefeated with a 94-85 victory over No. 13 Georgia at Knoxville, Tenn.

The Lady Vols (16-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) won their 62nd straight conference home game.

Georgia (11-4, 2-1) was the last SEC team to win in Thompson-Boling Arena in December 1996, and the Lady Bulldogs looked like they could win again.

Georgia trailed by nine points with 8 1/2 minutes left but cut it to 77-76 on two free throws by Sherill Baker with 3:53 to go.

Tennessee answered with a quick 7-0 run. Georgia got within five after Baker made two free throws with 1:20 remaining. Parker followed with a fade-away jumper, but that didn’t put it away.

Alexis Kendrick hit a 3 for Georgia to make it 88-84 with 43 seconds left, but that was the Lady Bulldogs’ last field goal.

(3) LSU 79, South Carolina 46: Seimone Augustus scored 22 points and the Lady Tigers (14-0, 3-0 SEC) beat the Gamecocks (9-6, 0-3) at Baton Rouge, La., for their 24th consecutive home win and 17th straight in the conference. … (7) Connecticut 92, Cincinnati 71: Mel Thomas had 16 of her 21 points in the second half to lead the Huskies (14-2, 4-0 Big East) over the Bearcats (10-4, 0-3) at Hartford, Conn. … (8) Ohio State 72, Iowa 62: Jessica Davenport scored a season-high 34 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and had six assists to lead the Buckeyes (12-2, 3-1 Big Ten) past the Hawkeyes (10-6, 3-2) at Iowa City, Iowa. … (9) Michigan State 69, Wisconsin 63: Liz Shimek scored 18 points and grabbed her 1,000th career rebound and the Spartans (13-4, 3-1 Big Ten) scored the final nine points to defeat the Badgers (6-10, 1-4) at Madison, Wis. … (12) Purdue 60, (17) Minnesota 56 (OT): Aya Traore scored 17 of her 19 points in the second half and overtime to lead the Boilermakers (13-2, 5-0) over the Gophers (10-4, 3-1) at Minneapolis in a defensive struggle between the last two unbeaten teams in the Big Ten. … (15) Arizona State 44, Oregon 43: Emily Westerberg (Central Valley) broke a cold spell with a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left, and the Sun Devils (13-3, 4-2 Pac-10) beat the Ducks (10-5, 1-4) at Tempe, Ariz. Jill Noe missed a jumper with 21 seconds to go, but Aubree Johnson (Post Falls) came down with her 11th rebound and passed to Westerberg, who hit the long jumper that ended Arizona State’s 11:13 drought without a field goal. … (23) Vanderbilt 87, Mississippi State 48: Liz Sherwood scored 16 of her 22 points in the first half and the Commodores (12-4, 1-1 SEC) defeated the Lady Bulldogs (6-10, 1-2) at Nashville, Tenn.

“Indiana’s Cyndi Valentin set an NCAA women’s Division I season record by hitting her 61st consecutive free throw in a 69-56 win over Northwestern at Evanston, Ill.

Men

Aaron Gray scored 20 points and Carl Krauser had 19 for No. 12 Pittsburgh (13-0, 2-0 Big East), which shook off a 13-point deficit to beat visiting DePaul (8-6, 1-2) 73-65.